Feeding and fostering a healthy relationship with food can be a complex thing with young children. Finding ways and strategies to make meals interesting can sometimes be challenging, but when you find something that works, run with it.

For us it was a book, Pumpkin Soup. It was about friendship, responsibility and sharing. The unifying element was food. From peeling the pumpkin and putting it into the pot to stirring the soup and adding the salt, everyone had a job to do. But when that fell apart and they couldn’t share, the soup was all wrong. My kids loved this story and because of that, I started making pumpkin soup for them. Having something that they could identify with and that we could talk about made it much more approachable.

In a large pot on medium high heat, melt the butter and sauté the chopped onion, then add in the spices and cook until fragrant. Add in the additional vegetables and salt, stirring constantly until they are tender. Reduce heat slightly, combine pumpkin and add liquid. Bring to a boil and simmer partly covered for 20 minutes or until all the vegetables are soft. Remove from heat, puree with an immersion blender or transfer to a regular blender in batches. Bring the soup back up to temperature (not boiling) and add the cream in at the end.

* To seed and peel, I like to chop mine into eighths or so, drizzle with olive oil and roast covered with tin foil in the oven at 375F for an hour.

** When making food for my children I tend to use spices in moderation. I still want them to experience different flavors, but don’t want to overwhelm their palate.

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Megan is originally from Vancouver, BC but now lives in Bellingham, WA with her family. She cooks, cleans and makes aprons. Be sure to check out her shop and pick up the autumn apron seen in this post or one of her many other beautiful designs.

I tried this with my son the other night time and it turned into a great hit! That´s saying some thing for a bit boy who doesn´t like veggies. I´ve written a post on it and linked it lower back to you.

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